THE Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the state-run national oil company has attempted to provide a clear cut direction for the oil and gas industry currently bedeviled by an atmosphere of uncertainty owing to the pending passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (Bill) before the National Assembly.

ONE does not need to be an indigene of Anambra State to be deeply interested in the governorship election coming up there on February 6, 2010. It is not just because the outcome of the Anambra election would serve as a foretaste of what Nigerians should expect in the 2011 general elections.

By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO — In a bid to reinvigorate the commercial viability of the Kano State, Governor Ibrahim Shekarau, weekend, laid a foundation of a billion naira modern fish market in Kano metropolis. Vanguard learnt that the multi-million naira project is based on a Public Private Partnership in which the state government provided the […]

By  Ikechukwu Nnochiri  & Chinyere Amalu Enugu—Enugu State Commissioner for Health, Dr Uche Uzochukwu has applauded the introduction of the new bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine, OPV, in the ongoing first round National Immunization Plus Days, NIPDS, in the state, noting that it was the only way of ensuring that children below five years of age […]

ABUJA—Ahead of Anambra gubernatorial elections slated for this week, the Director General of Alex Ekwueme Foundation, Dr Duke Igwilo has appealed to the people of Anambra State to maintain peace during the governorship election on Saturday, 6th February 2010. In a statement issued in Abuja, Dr Igwilo noted that the electioneering campaign has so far […]

THE Police in Lagos have begun a manhunt for a man whose female companion died weekend in a guest room in Agege area of the state.

ACTION Congress, AC, yesterday dismissed reports alleging that immediate past governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the state lawmakers sponsored news reports accusing Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State of financial recklessness.

THE Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has warned that there is no way Nigeria can build a truly functional, dynamic, multi-cultural and multi-religious society without establishing the bonds of partnership and understanding with other religions and communities.

By Gbenga Ariyibi Following weekend raid by kidnappers in Ekiti State that left a monarch, the Attah of Ayede Ekiti, Oba Adeleye Orisagbemi and the Acting Provost, College of Education, Ikere Ekiti, Dr Gabriel Olowoyo dead, more deaths have been recorderd due to the ugly incident. The abductors had picked Oba Orisagbemi and Dr Olowoyo […]

By  Tony NyongNO fewer than 15 gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers stormed the Qua Iboe Church in Iwok, Nsit Atai Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State and abducted a former Director-General  of the National Youth Service Corps,  NYSC, Major-General Edet Akpan (rtd). They also killed a woman, police officer and a soldier. The suspected […]

THE debate was widely publicised, with some heavy names, including international and donor agencies, mentioned as sponsors. The array of partners that organised the debate would at first prove to even cynics that it was a serious exercise. The three-man panel comprising Dr Reuben Abati, Labran Maku and Okey Ikechukwu added its own fillip to the entire exercise.

THERE were indications yesterday that the slain Action Congress, AC, governorship candidate in the 2007 election, Otunba Dipo Dina, will be buried Friday, in his country home, Ijebu-Ode.

Govern-ment College Ughelli Old Boys’ Association has, in the last five years, spent over N100 million for infrastructural development of the school, Principal of the college, Mr. Nelson Erhijefe, said .

By Taye Obateru Jos — A House of Representatives member from Plateau State, Mr. Bitrus Kaze, has called for the trial of soldiers alleged to have engaged in extra-judicial killings in the aftermath of the recent crisis in the state. He made the call, weekend, alleging that the manner some of them conducted themselves tended […]

By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA—Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, has asked Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to dissolve the Executive Council of the Federation and reconstitute same to include vibrant Nigerians with the task of reviving the nation. CNPP said its position is based on the conviction that the Vice President can now begin the task […]